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Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports from Phuket, Thailand on how the tsunami disaster has brought people together. Then, ITN’s Alex Thomson looks at the economic impact of the tsunami on Sri Lanka, and ITN’s Dan Rivers focuses on the children in Sumatra, Indonesia who survived the disaster. Continue reading →

Terence Smith talks with Steve Levitt, who works with the aid group World Vision Australia, about his group’s efforts to help the survivors in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Then, Independent Television News reports on the latest relief efforts in Sri Lanka. Continue reading →

Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that officials are still trying to track down at least 4,000 Americans. A State Department official discusses the uncertainty surrounding the number of missing Americans in South Asia. Continue reading →

Aid workers used everything from helicopters to elephants to try and deliver aid to the hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter eight days after an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis devastated parts of southern Asia. Continue reading →

An Independent Television News report on the latest relief efforts in Indonesia which has suffered heavy losses from the tsunami. Then, a Christian Science Monitor reporter in Sri Lanka looks at the recovery effort in that region. Continue reading →

American donors have given at least $163 million in aid to victims of the tsunamis that struck South Asia on Dec. 26. Three relief agency officials discuss the unprecedented response. Continue reading →

One third of the victims of the tsunami have been children. Terence Smith speaks with two international aid agency workers about the youngest victims of the disaster in South Asia and what is being done to help them. Continue reading →